Synonyms for impoverishment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃ, -ˈpɒv rɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for impoverishment Other synonyms for the word impoverishment

Définition of impoverishment

Origin :
  • 1550s; see impoverish + -ment.
  • noun poverty
  • noun debilitation
Example sentences :
  • It results in impoverishment and distortion and subsequent deficiency.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Our very success has in one aspect tended to their impoverishment.
  • Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
  • And what had been the impoverishment of her soul under this grim discipline?
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • The tax-taker was the authority for the wretched creature's impoverishment.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • The smallness of the tribute proves the impoverishment of the land.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
  • But impoverishment is not the only ill consequence which the new system may produce.
  • Extract from : « The Earl of Beaconsfield » by James Anthony Froude
  • Never since her impoverishment had she worn such good clothes.
  • Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
  • Nor does this impoverishment happen without the judgment of God.
  • Extract from : « Dante. An essay. » by R. W. Church
  • Why does this distribution lessen the impoverishment of the soil?
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Agriculture » by George E. Waring
  • To preserve the latter from impoverishment was the main object of the law.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II » by William Roscher

Antonyms for impoverishment

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